Last week the UN Development Programme (UNDP) released a US$89 million plan to get communities and public services back on track in flood-ravaged Pakistan. While the flooding started in July, the devastation continues as the donations and coverage have been fading.

The Greens have achieved their most encouraging results in a Federal election in the history of the party, winning over 12 per cent of the votes in the Senate, and a total of over one million votes in the House of Representatives.

The top political issue searched for by Australians online is climate change, which is three and a half times more popular than the issues that the major political parties are championing this election.